Crispin Thomas
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the People’s Games is distant now they’ve redesigned our game it’s like there’s just the Premier League and nothing else remains I can’t believe it’s happ’ning they’re taking it away there must be something we can do the classifieds must stay they’ve been here since the fifties at five for one and all a lifeline […]
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you were the one we loved to hate your reputation wasn’t great we dreaded when we knew and evr’y time you ever came we taunted you throughout the game with “It’s All About You” and in the middle you would be surrounded in controversy whenever you came back so many times you spoilt the show […]
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searching for the words that can uncover all the stuff you go through deep inside expectation and anticipation when you climb aboard to share the ride this is how if feels to be rewarded when you’ve given ev’rything you can this is how if feels to be excited this is how it feels to be […]
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there’s no football in Ukraine this weekend rivalries abandoned for a while stadiums and streets lie torn and empty no-one can be seen for mile on mile women watching husbands go to battle knowing not if they’ll see them again in their shattered crumbling homes and cities some of them we never knew their names […]
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Welcome to Football Poets -- a club for all football poets, lovers of football and lovers of (alternative) poetry. Discover poets in every league from respected internationals at the top of their game to young hopefuls in the school playground.
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Greg Freeman
14th August 2022
Clik The Mouse
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kevin halls
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Crispin Thomas
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joe morris
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joe morris
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joe morris
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Denys E. W. Jones
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Sharon Jones
1st August 2022
Eugene Abrams
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8th August 2022 at 6:01 pm
Thank you. It is great.
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2nd August 2022 at 6:58 pm
Check out Bootle Bucks Inclusion in Liverpool, Set up by parents and grandparents to support kids who were being excluded from football at school. https://bootlebucksinclusionfc.co.uk/
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2nd August 2022 at 6:56 pm
Totally agree Crispin. Alex Scott summed it up beautifully to the ones who would not give the support when asked: “You had your chance & you missed the boat!”
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2nd August 2022 at 1:18 pm
Yeah Sharon….
We can be heroes for ever and ever
What d’you say?
And this is for Lily Parr, Dik Kerr Ladies and all who played before.1915-1970 and the 1984 girls too..All those in the past 20 years .All heroes and their parents and guardians too for supporting them when the FA didn’t.
I agree with Chlesea’s Emma Hayes.Take it away from the FA for doing sweet FA. Old boys boardrooms again.
Football is for everyone and should be available for everyone in in all schools everywhere.Girls games. Boys games. Mixed games. Disabled games . Blind games.
C
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25th July 2022 at 8:57 am
Thanks for your poem Emdad.
Interesting and forgotten tale. I also watched the Nevin documentary.
best C
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13th July 2022 at 9:02 am
I remember Tony Dorigo! Australian full back. Scored the only goal for Chelsea in the Full Members Cup Final v Middlesbrough in 1990 (had to check Google). By pure chance I had a ticket for the press box. Because of the status of the game no one else at the paper wanted it.
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9th July 2022 at 5:52 pm
Hi Clik, merci buckets. Great poem, and I also learned what Coterminous was. For all these years I had it down as the name of a Greek midfield general from back in the day.
Yes Chelsea were a bit of a feeder club to Palace for a few years back in the early 70’s. Bobby Tambling and the great Paddy Mulligan were another couple who took the trek sarf of the river. Later on Mickey Droy, Colin Pates and Gary Cahill also joined our ranks.
Nowadays we seem to get all our loanees from Chelsea. They obviously don’t see us as a threat. The best of the lot of them was Conor Gallagher. We’re really going to miss him next season.
All the best , cheers.
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8th July 2022 at 8:34 am
Fabulous John!
You had me going until I copped it!
So glad we got Charlie back from you, he steadied the ship when we had a bunch of youngsters coming through.
We also got Jerry MURFEE from you too!
And my claim to fame? I was good buddies with Vince Hilaire’s cousin.
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3rd July 2022 at 9:36 pm
Thank you Sharon, same to you.
bestest
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1st July 2022 at 8:53 pm
Good to see you are still writing your wonderful football poetry John. All the best.
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